Many Fate Arts Masters had said that Eerie things themselves were not "objects." They were composed of certain pure, invisible, intangible "principles" or "strange laws." Even Grand Fate Arts Masters could not see an Eerie thing's true form.
The "Eerie things" people saw, such as Weird Mother's two arms, were not actually the Eerie thing's true body. They were merely manifestations born from the overlap between its power and the real world, seemingly material yet immaterial.
At present, only Grand Fate Arts Masters and Fortune treasures could completely kill Eerie things.
The Fate Artifact currently acknowledged as the greatest counter to Eerie things was Heaven's Mandate Sect's great inheritance, the Great Principle-Slaying Sword. This was also one of the reasons Heaven's Mandate Sect sat firmly as the number one Fate Sect under heaven.
This gift was a little too grand.
Sunshine Boy finally could not hold back. With his eyes closed, he turned his head toward Good Fortune Born and "looked" at him, splitting his lips in a smile.
Two dried streaks of blood smeared his face. When the fair, plump baby grinned, Good Fortune Born's legs went weak with fright, leaving him without the strength even to stand and flee.
When the Night Guards saw the sunshine baby's smile, they all shuddered in unison.
With his eyes shut, Sunshine Boy could not see specific "people," but he could see grayish-yellow humanoid outlines before him, like yellow smoke flowing upward from below.
"My son, your smile is truly adorable. Now you know the benefits of the Life-Preservation Needle, don't you? Look, you drained it dry, and such a fine treasure is gone."
In Weird Mother's hand, the three-inch silver needle suddenly snapped apart inch by inch. It fell to the ground as ash, which scattered at the first breath of